Among the scholars whose work DiAngelo drew on without proper acknowledgment, according to the complaint, are Stacey J. Lee, a professor of education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, as well as Northeastern University’s Thomas K. Nakayama, and his coauthor, Robert L. Krizek, a professor emeritus at St. Louis University.
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Cartoonist Lynda Barry : Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
These days, she’s (Lynda Barry) been busy teaching. She’s an associate professor at the University of Wisconsin in Madison. She’s written several books on the subject of drawings and comics, and how to do and make them.
Detecting agricultural pests through sound
(Emily) Bick, an entomologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, researches ways to better detect the agricultural pests that drive serious economic losses worldwide. She says improving these methods could result in using pesticides more strategically — less often, at just the right time.
How to be More Resilient, According to Experts
“We as humans are very social creatures,” said Kathryn Howell, a psychology professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. “So when bad things happen to us, we want to be together and connected to others.”
For Two-Job Workers, There Aren’t Enough Hours in a Day to Stay Afloat
“One story is that people are short of cash, and they need extra hours and the only way to pick up extra hours is by picking up a short-term job,” said Christopher Taber, chairman of the economics department at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. “Another story is that it’s easier to work two jobs now than it was before.”
4 years into COVID, isolation continues for some disabled residents
Patients have been harassed or mocked for wearing masks in public, Dr. Jeannina Smith noted, despite international and national medical organizations emphasizing the importance of mask wearing as a mitigation tactic for illnesses. Hill has experienced this first hand.”You can’t look at someone and know that they’re receiving immunosuppression for an organ transplant or an autoimmune condition, and they remain at risk,” Smith said.
Adult summer camps bring you back to fun, simple moments of childhood
“The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated loneliness among adolescents, young adults and older people,” said Bradford Brown, UW-Madison professor emeritus of human development.
Wake boats divide Wisconsin lake lovers. Should the state step in?
Bill Banholzer, a professor of chemical engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a wakesurfing fan, said there is a body of research indicating that waves created by high winds are more powerful than any generated by boats.
UW-Madison creates freedom of expression videos as part of DEI deal
As first-year and transfer students start classes this fall at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, they must watch a new presentation about freedom of expression on campus.
Camp Randall adds heated turf, alcohol, and large video board for 2024-25 season
The team at Camp Randall is gearing up and excited for the season opener.This year, Camp Randall is showcasing several new updates for fans to enjoy.
UW study: Most Wisconsinites have ‘forever chemicals’ in their blood
A UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health study has found most Wisconsinites have some level of so-called forever chemicals in their blood. Though the Badger State’s concentrations remain below the national average.The study was published in the Journal of Environmental Research.
UW-Madison releases updated protest policies ahead of fall semester
Revisions to the protest policy include restrictions on “expressive activity” within 25 feet of university facility entrances, size limitations for signs in buildings, specific sound amplification restrictions and restrictions on protest activity during select times on campus areas typically used for photos like the Abraham Lincoln statue at the top of Bascom Hill.
WILL files lawsuit against national underrepresented student scholarship
The lawsuit filed by the conservative legal center Tuesday claimed the U.S. Department of Education’s $60 million McNair Program excludes students on the basis of race.
Wisconsin football updates season ticket sales for challenging 2024 home schedule
Hosting three home games against preseason top-10 teams has helped the University of Wisconsin sell out football season tickets in the general and student seating sections.
New Wisconsin assistant has been around the football world to end up miles from his hometown
Eric Raisbeck’s coaching career has taken him to six states and two foreign countries, all to find himself less than 7 miles away from where he went to high school.
Middleton company trying to make your phone operate faster wins Madison Pressure Chamber competition
SixLine was founded in 2022 by Katy Jinkins, a former materials science PhD graduate from UW–Madison. Jinkins focused her academic work on integrating carbon nanotubes—straws of carbon atoms, ten thousand times thinner than a human hair—into electronics. Her work began in Professor Mike Arnold’s lab in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and led to multiple papers and patents that cover alignment techniques and the integration of carbon nanotubes into electronics, which is the basis of SixLine.
Wisconsinites can now file state and federal taxes for free online
Clare Dahl, a financial and life span educator with the University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension, supports the change.
“Any time that access to free tax filing is expanded, it’s good news for everyone,” said Dahl, whose division supports the volunteer-run Richard Dilley Tax Center.
Will independent presidential candidates swing Wisconsin results?
“I think all of these non-major party candidates are quickly shrinking away (in voter support),” said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
UW-Madison students feel the heat of move-in day
As Madison sweltered under an excessive heat warning Tuesday, thousands of UW-Madison students arrived at campus residence halls for fall semester move-in.
Madison film series honors late UW film scholar David Bordwell
It became clear early on to UW-Cinematheque program director Jim Healy that one summer wouldn’t be enough time to honor David Bordwell.
The ‘forbidden experiment’ is an infamously evil chapter in scientific history
He correctly deduced that “favorable conditions of the atmosphere” led to rapid bacterial growth. As a 1927 guide to dairy production from the University of Wisconsin very poetically put it: “A thick, sultry atmosphere usually precedes thunder showers and provides favorable conditions for the growth of milk-souring bacteria.”
People Battle the Heat During UW-Madison Move-In
“We moved some of our check-in locations indoors, so that our staff and people waiting in line are not having to be out in the heat for today, because we know it’s pretty extreme,” said Brendon Dybdahl, UW-Madison Housing Marketing & Communications Director.
Study: Less than one-third of UW-Madison off-campus housing considered affordable
The study confirmed what is largely already known through reams of anecdotal evidence: Nearly 70% of rentals are too expensive, costing individual students $1,000 or more in rent each month per student, often hundreds of dollars above what the students consider affordable; the cheapest apartments are often furthest from campus and more run down; and UW-Madison is one of the most expensive off-campus housing markets in the Big 10 conference.
UW-Madison faces deadlines from pro-Palestinian encampment deal
When protest organizers and leaders at the University of Wisconsin-Madison reached a deal to end a pro-Palestinian encampment on Library Mall in May, they agreed to take a series of steps in the days and months ahead.
UW volleyball’s Carter Booth, like her dad, at the top of her game
Whenever Carter Booth is packing for a road trip to see family and friends in Colorado, the University of Wisconsin volleyball player makes sure to take her bling.
Ultrasound Brain Stimulation Boosts Mindfulness
“I haven’t seen ultrasound technology used in this way, but this type of neuromodulation has significant potential to change how we think about and enhance mindfulness,” says University of Wisconsin–Madison social psychologist Hadley Rahrig, who also studies that state of mind.
‘White Fragility’ author allegedly plagiarized minority academics in doctoral thesis
This included material from two Asian-American professors, University of Wisconsin-Madison professor Stacey Lee and Northeastern University professor Thomas Nakayama.
UW Health on Forbes list of ‘Best Places to Work’
UW Health ranked 33rd overall in Wisconsin, a fact they are very proud of, according to Chief Human Resource Officer Betsy Clough.
Traffic delays and street closures in place as UW-Madison students move-in
Parking lots near residence halls are used as unloading zones, but other streets will be blocked off to allow students and their families to safely haul their stuff in.
Forbes Daily: Waymo Ramps Up New Robotaxi Factory As It Preps For Austin
The stress-less 38 are scattered across the country, from New York to Georgia to Utah to California, and include big, public research universities like the University of Wisconsin-Madison and small, private colleges like Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania.
Study: 27% of UW-Madison students share bedroom to save on rent
Madison Alder Juliana Bennett came up with the idea for the study, and UW-Madison leaders said they will use the findings to inform future policy decisions.
Harris, Trump in a tug-of-war for Wisconsin union voters
Historically, union leaders have been closely aligned with the Democratic Party, said Barry Burden, a professor of political science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. But the modern rank-and-file members, much like those at Local 180 in Racine, are more split, Burden said.
“There’s a little bit of a gap, I would say, between where unions as organizations stand relative to the Democratic Party and Kamala Harris, and where average union voters are,” he said.
UW poised to join studies of pig organ transplants in people
UW-Madison researchers have been working with eGenesis, one of two companies that supplied gene-edited pig organs for four transplants on the East Coast in critically ill patients who died within a few months. The companies are seeking federal approval to start larger clinical trials, and UW could be a site.
Sandra Deanna Paske
Then in 1986, she was hired by UW-Madison, General Library System where Sandra remained until she retired with emeritus in 2011 as Head of Microimaging Services. During Sandra’s tenure with the UW-Madison library system, she played a key role in the establishment and development of the University of Wisconsin Digital Collections Center.
OUR VIEW: Tear down ugly, failing monstrosity in heart of UW-Madison campus
The Universities of Wisconsin last week listed the demolition and replacement of the Humanities Building as one of its top priorities for the next state budget. The UW Board of Regents approved the request. Now Gov. Tony Evers should include it in his budget request to the Legislature next year.
When do hummingbirds migrate out of Michigan and head south?
According to Journey North, by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum, hummingbirds can find their way back to the area where they bred the year before, sometimes reportedly returning to the same exact site they were before.
UW study asks: How much of an inner voice do you have?
Gary Lupyan, a UW-Madison psychology professor, is looking at why some people report high levels of inner speech and others have little or none. In a recent study involving UW students, those with more inner speech did better at two language tests than those with less inner speech, but there was no difference on more visual and math-oriented tasks.
Slippery red lanes? More answers to Madison bus rapid transit questions
How many of the UW bus 80s are being replaced by bendy buses?
Upon full roll-out, most buses running on UW campus will be our all-electric vehicles. But, our standard 40-foot buses will also be utilized on this route as needed.
U of Wisconsin regents agree to ask Gov. Tony Evers for $855 million budget increase
Tuition and student fees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the system’s flagship campus, now total $11,606 a year for in-state undergraduates. The total cost to attend the university for a year is about $30,000 when factoring in room and board, educational supplies and other costs.
Harris, Vance tout child tax credit expansions following financial assistance success
A study by the Institute for Research on Poverty from the University of Wisconsin-Madison separately found that cash assistance “during infancy can have profound and long-lasting effects, including educational, behavioral, and economic or labor market advantages.”
Where did Kamala Harris grow up?
In 1968, they moved to Madison, Wisconsin, where he taught and she did cancer research at the University of Wisconsin.
Union members aren’t just voting on labor this year
Dahlia Saba, an electrical engineering Ph.D. student at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, is undecided, but only on whether to vote for Harris or not at all. Her top issue is the war in Gaza. Saba had family members in the region who were able to evacuate earlier this year and is disappointed with the Biden-Harris administration’s robust support for Israel.
UW-Madison Medical School White Coat Ceremony celebrates diverse backgrounds in medicine
“For the faculty, this is a big day, these are our newest students that we’re welcoming, and we’re so excited to see them,” said Associate Dean in the School of Medicine and Public Health, Christine Seibert, “It’s honestly renewed our faith in the medical profession, we see this young idealistic excited group of people who want to join us in what is sometimes very hard work.”
As gray wolves divide conservationists and ranchers, a mediator tries to tame all sides
Wolves began to die. One example: a third of Wisconsin’s gray wolf population was killed by hunters and poachers when protections were removed, researchers at the University of Wisconsin found in 2021.
Who is Kamala Harris’ ‘combative Marxist economist’ father, Donald J. Harris?
He held teaching positions at Northwestern University and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign before the couple divorced in the early 1970s. He took a position with Stanford in 1972 as a professor of economics after also working at the University of Wisconsin – Madison.
Her life was in danger, and she needed an abortion. Insurance refused to pay
Obstetrician-gynecologists from across Wisconsin had decided that “in cases of previable PPROM, every patient should be offered termination of pregnancy due to the significant risk of ascending infection and potential sepsis and death,” said Eliza Bennett, the OB-GYN who treated Ashley. Ashley needed an abortion to save her life. The couple called their parents; Ashley’s mom arrived at the hospital to console them. Under the 1849 Wisconsin abortion ban, Bennett, an associate clinical professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine, needed two other physicians to attest that Ashley was facing death.
Data breach: How to check if your Social Security number was affected
People wondering if their identity may have been stolen can check their credit reports for signs of fraud, according to the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Duane Anderson
He managed National Food stores in Madison for many years and then was employed by University Housing until his retirement in 1990.
‘We deserve a seat at the table’: UW System unions protest as Board of Regents passes mass faculty layoffs
Eight unions representing faculty and staff across the UW System urged the Regents to support their “meet and confer” campaign and reject faculty layoff plans.
U of Wisconsin regents agree to ask Gov. Tony Evers for $855 million budget increase
UW system President Jay Rothman has promised he won’t seek to raise tuition during the life of the two-year spending plan if the system gets the money.
UW staff demand action, attention from university administrators
The three demands are priorities for the rally’s organizer, the American Federation of Teachers’ Wisconsin chapter: protecting the jobs of around 30 tenured staff of UW-Milwaukee, supporting Gov. Tony Evers’ intentions to ask for the largest ever budget increase to Universities of Wisconsin, and beginning Meet-and-Confer.
UW-Madison complete disciplinary investigations against pro-Palestine encampment protesters
The 17 students and faculty formerly under OSCCS investigation accused the university of recommending harsher probations and initiating investigations with limited evidence on Palestinian students and those associated with UW-Madison Students for Justice in Palestine. Students plan to request hearings to challenge these preliminary decisions.
Board of Regents approve 2025-2027 operating and capital budget requests
Budgets invest in AI research, career advising, mental health, $293.4 million new residence hall.
Guest column: End Universities of Wisconsin’s hyper-focus on ‘efficiency’
If we run public higher education even more like a business that prioritizes efficiency over all other values, the outcome will be a disaster for a significant majority of students and the state.
UW employees would get 5% pay raises next year under budget request
Employees across the Universities of Wisconsin would receive a 5% pay increase in July next year and another 3% raise in July 2026 under the budget proposal. This boost would help wages keep up with inflation, the system said.
Wisconsin seeks sweet spot for Camp Randall game experience
They’re trying to make being at Camp Randall a memorable experience and keep fans engaged through games that often extend past 3½ hours. But change sometimes isn’t widely accepted.
Are You Sure Your House Is Worth That Much?
“Homeowners, whether they know it or not, definitely are taking on more risks,” says Philip Mulder, an assistant professor of risk and insurance at the University of Wisconsin’s business school. A 2023 paper, for instance, found that U.S. residential properties are overvalued by $121 billion to $237 billion for current flood risks alone.
Who is Kamala Harris’ father? Donald Harris absent from DNC
Donald Harris is a post-keynesian economist who has written on Marxist theory. He is a retired Stanford University professor who has served as an economic advisor to his home country of Jamaica. He also taught at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Tenured UW-Milwaukee faculty fired in 1st use of new policy
Nearly three dozen faculty at UW-Milwaukee’s branch campuses will lose their jobs after the UW Board of Regents voted Thursday to use for the first time a decade-old policy allowing universities to lay off faculty members.
“How Rural Voters Could Decide the Presidential Race”
Katherine J. Cramer, a professor of American Politics at UW-Madison and author of the acclaimed book The Politics of Resentment, notes, “Rural voters in those places… could be the deciding factor.”